A treasure trove of declassified spy satellite imagery is just waiting for the geosaptially-savvy like today's guest Sergio Volkmer to unlock and reveal to the world. With millions of worldwide images dating back upwards of 50yrs, the secrets o
Enjoy the Soar Cast end of year SuperPod as hosts Darren Smith and Neil Prentice are joined by Mike MacDonald and Jim Rhetta, two old-school remote specialists who are keen to share tasty tidbits of remote sensing knowledge from a combined 80 y
Valters Žeižis is an oceanographer from Riga, Latvia. Since childhood, Valters has been inspired by tales of explorers and the maps that symbolize their travels. Mapping was a required skill and key source of information throughout his study of
New Format! Our usual host, Darren Smith is joined by Soar COO, Neil Prentice and Birdi Founder, Sebastian Robertson for fly-over of Birdi, a unique Australian-based platform directly connecting drone service providers and potential clients.Fo
As far as hobbyist remote sensing goes, Sergio Volkmer is an expert. Though trained as a geologist, Sergio has spent the bulk of his career as an architect. But his passion for earth science and remote sensing never died. Listen in to Sergio
You don't need to be an rich old dude to have fun and map on Soar. Join the Soar Cast was we interview Australian mapping prodigy, Aiden Holding of Perth, Western Australia. Aiden has an interesting story, he wanted to get into mapping with a
Satellites capture more electromagnetic energy than is visible to the naked eye. Advanced processing techniques as described by our guest, Jose Manuel Lattus, explore and exploit the both ultra-violet and infra-red energy for the identification
Paul Dewar has been flying UAVs since the late 90s when he first strapped a camera under a remotely controlled helicopter. Since then Paul has founded Drone Pilots, a UAV-focused consultancy and is also the chief pilot for Aquilla Aero, an Aust
Nathan Lu of Long Beach, California has the distinction of being Soar's most prolific image uploader. And while he's young compared to the average mid-40's dronnie, Nathan has flown everthing with four props that he can get his hands on. Starti
Two of Australia's premeire agricultural drone service providers, Stratus Imaging & Stevtech have partnered to `advanced crop management using Taranis Ag's AI-powered high resolution crop management system. While traditional multispectral image
Drones are helping to develop niches in all walks of business. Rich Charpentier of RLC Design in Flagstaff, Arizona has traveled many roads in his career. Quite literally as after winding down a career in network and communications infrastructu
We are joining Aaron Kingaman of Lucint Systems of Portland, Oregon. Lucint provides modular multispectral mapping cameras for use on both drones and manned aircraft. In addition to that Lucint provides a variety of services, notably orthorecti
Soar is joined by Tayo Akiwumi of Spacevee, specialists at improving image visualisation issues caused by smoke, haze, and airborne particulates. Tayo has a compelling story, how his love of the earth's history and deep desire to utilise remote
What is a drone orthomosaic? How are they created? Why are they so large and what can I do with them? Knowing more about the data gained from drones is critical to delivering accurate and valuable maps. We've engaged Chris Strassbaugh of OSU t
If you love drones, and of course you do, and you love fishing, this Soar Cast is for you. The limits of what you can do with a drone seems endless. Join us as we interview Tony with Ultimate Drone Fishing of Perth Australia and learn how you c
As a drone pilot, should I get certified? Come explore this topic as we interview Mahmood Hussein of Global Drone Solutions, providers of drone pilot certification and training in Perth, Western Australia. Mahmood has trained hundreds of drone
The drone photography available on the Soar platform focuses on urban environments and the photographic composition presented by buildings, roads, and other man-made structures which are best viewed from above. Today's Soar Cast focuses on stre
Join us for Soar Cast episode 5, our first in-house broadcast where we're interviewing Andrew Dedman of Stratus Imaging - the first company in Western Australia to become government certified for drone swarm operation. It's an exciting step for
Darren Smith of Soar chats with Ed Ricker, a YouTube veteran delivering instructional drone and videography videos since 2013. Ed has steadily gained traction in the YouTube arena with his most popular video 'Beginners Guide Part 1 - DJI Mavic
In this episode, Darren talks to Evgeny Tchebotarev from Skylum about the magic recipe for capturing the perfect drone photo, as well as post processing. They also touch on the company history of Skylummand how they developed Airmagic.
On episode 2 of the Soar Cast, Darren Smith from Soar talks to Jeremy Stewart about how his photo from the Margaret River Master surfing tournament that went viral, as well as his experience in drone photography, and the drone industry as a who
On this podcast, the first of a new series, Darren Smith from Soar talks to our photography competition winner Mathias Hoffner about his experience in drone photography, as well as using the Soar platform.